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The Nobel Prize

.To the left of the man is the text "ALFR·" then "NOBEL", and on the right, the text (smaller) "NAT·" then "MDCCCXXXIII" above, followed by (smaller) "OB·" then "MDCCCXCVI" below."^Youtube Ron Paul Obama Nobel Prize......He beats up on the Right and Left--Good food for thought.

^The greater prestige comes with the Nobels for physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine as these can be objectively measured by peer experts, and literature (the letter has about as much relevance as the Peace Medal but at least it keeps the arty farties happy).

^The greater prestige comes with the Nobels for physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine as these can be objectively measured by peer experts, and literature (the letter has about as much relevance as the Peace Medal but at least it keeps the arty farties happy).

^The other Nobel Prizes were to be awarded by Swedish bodies (Swedish Academy, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Karolinska Institutet) that already existed, whereas the responsibility for the Peace Prize was given to the Norwegian Parliament,[4] specifically “a committee of five persons to be elected” by it.

.The Nobel Prizes in the specific disciplines (physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, and literature) and the Prize in Economics are widely regarded as the most prestigious award one can receive in those fields.^The Nobel Committee has to award the prize to someone.

^The Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony takes place on 10 December in Oslo, Norway, where the Nobel Laureates receive their Nobel Prize, which consists of a Nobel Medal and Diploma, and a document confirming the prize amount.

[5].If a prize is awarded to more than one laureate, the money is either split evenly among them or, for three laureates, it may be divided into a half and two quarters.^Yes, and in more ways than one...

^Unlike the scientific and literary Nobel Prizes, usually issued in retrospect, often two or three decades after the awarded achievement, the Peace Prize has been awarded for more recent or immediate achievements taking the form of summary judgment being issued in the same year as or the year immediately following the political act.

.The Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences are awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded by the Nobel Assembly at (the) Karolinska Institutet; and the Nobel Prize in Literature is granted by the Swedish Academy.^(The Nobel committee, sufficiently mollified only after 24 years of the peanut president's America-bashing, awarded Carter his 1978 Peace Prize finally in 2002.

^Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, which recognize completed scientific or literary accomplishment, the Nobel Peace Prize may be awarded to persons or organizations that are in the process of resolving a conflict or creating peace.

[9].Also controversial is the strict rule against a prize being awarded to more than three people at once.^Unlike the scientific and literary Nobel Prizes, usually issued in retrospect, often two or three decades after the awarded achievement, the Peace Prize has been awarded for more recent or immediate achievements taking the form of summary judgment being issued in the same year as or the year immediately following the political act.

[10].Similarly, the prohibition of posthumous awards fails to recognise achievements by a collaborator who happens to die before the prize is awarded.^More often, the prize is awarded to encourage those who receive it to see the effort through, sometimes at critical moments.

^Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, which recognize completed scientific or literary accomplishment, the Nobel Peace Prize may be awarded to persons or organizations that are in the process of resolving a conflict or creating peace.

^According to the Nobel Prize web site, the prize is not a lifetime achievement award, which many media voices imply it is, nor is it a reward for enduring prison and privation---it’s given for given to the person who: "during the preceding year [...

[13] He was a chemist, engineer, and inventor. In 1895 he purchased the Bofors iron and steel mill, which he converted into a major armamentsmanufacturer.[14].Nobel amassed a sizeable personal fortune during his lifetime, most of it from his 355 different inventions, of which dynamite is the most famous.^Norwegian Nobel committee has no other person suitable in the current list for their contribution toward world peace, it is completely two different international issues.

[14] In 1888 Alfred had the unpleasant surprise of discovering and reading his own obituary, titled ‘The merchant of death is dead’, in a French newspaper.[15].The obituary was eight years premature as it was actually Alfred's brother Ludvig who had died.^I would rather have this intellectual running this country for the next eight years and than, you know who.

.Nevertheless, Alfred was disappointed with what he read and with how he would be remembered, inspiring him to change his will.^How about changing one single word in your above comment and make it reads as follows: .

[15].On the 10th of December 1896 Alfred Nobel died in his villa in San Remo, Italy at the age of sixty-three after suffering a cerebral haemorrhage.^Alfred Nobel died in December 1896, and in January 1897 the contents of his will were unveiled.

^Alfred Nobel was Swedish and prize is technically awarded by the three Scandinavian countries, but Nobel felt there would be less corruption if it was awarded by a committee appointed by the Norwegian parliament.

.To the surprise of many,[18] Nobel requested in his last will and testament that his money be used to create a series of prizes for those who confer the "greatest benefit on mankind" in physics, chemistry, peace, physiology or medicine, and literature.^He's done as much for chemistry, medicine and physics in the last 10 months as he has for peace.

[17].Though Nobel wrote several wills during his lifetime, the last was written a little over a year before he died, and signed at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris on 27 November 1895.[19][20] Nobel bequeathed 94% of his total assets, 31 million Swedish kronor (US$186 million in 2008), to establish and endow the five Nobel Prizes.^Frost’s fourth Pulitzer was awarded 20 years before he died.

[21] Due to the level of scepticism surrounding the will it was not until April 26, 1897 that it was approved by the Storting (Norwegian Parliament).[1][22].The executors of his will were Ragnar Sohlman and Rudolf Lilljequist, who formed the Nobel Foundation to take care of Nobel's fortune and organise the prizes.^Is that all it takes to get the Nobel Peach prize?

.The prize-awarding organisations followed: the Caroline Medico-Chirurgical Institute (known as the Karolinska Institute) on 7 June, the Swedish Academy on 9 June, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on 11 June.^The other Nobel Prizes were to be awarded by Swedish bodies (Swedish Academy, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Karolinska Institutet) that already existed, whereas the responsibility for the Peace Prize was given to the Norwegian Parliament,[4] specifically “a committee of five persons to be elected” by it.

.In 1900, the Nobel Foundation's newly created statutes were promulgated by King Oscar II.^The statutes of the Nobel Foundation restrict disclosure of information about the nominations, whether publicly or privately, for 50 years.

[18][22].In 1905, the Union between Sweden and Norway was dissolved, which meant the responsibility for awarding Nobel Prizes was split between the two countries.^Norway awards the Peace Prize; the remainder are awarded by Sweden.

The whole of my remaining realisable estate shall be dealt with in the following way:

.The capital shall be invested by my executors in safe securities and shall constitute a fund, the interest on which shall be annually distributed in the form of prizes to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind.^If the Nobel Prize goes to those who show proven results from their efforts, then no, he most assuredly does not deserve it.

.The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts, which shall be apportioned as follows: one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery or invention within the field of physics; one part to the person who shall have made the most important chemical discovery or improvement; one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery within the domain of physiology or medicine; one part to the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency; and one part to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity among nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.^October 9th, 2009 1312 GMT According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize should be awarded "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."

^According to Alfred Nobel, the prize should go to “”the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses”.

.The prizes for physics and chemistry shall be awarded by the Swedish Academy of Sciences; that for physiological or medical works by Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm; that for literature by the Academy in Stockholm; and that for champions of peace by a committee of five persons to be elected by the Norwegian Storting.^Science, Literature, etc -- all awarded after the work is done.

.It is my expressed wish that in awarding the prizes no consideration whatever shall be given to the nationality of the candidates, so that the most worthy shall receive the prize, whether he be Scandinavian or not.^According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize should be awarded "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.

^In his 1895 will, Alfred Nobel stipulated that the peace prize should go "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations and the abolition or reduction of standing armies and the formation and spreading of peace congresses."

[28][29].Another important task of the Nobel Foundation is to market the Nobel Prize internationally and to oversee informal administration related to the Prizes.^I hope he will get another Nobel peace prize, even more deserved, when he has accomplished his mission.

^The Nobel committee has done an elementary misunderstanding of its task when it has chosen to interpretate “peaceprize” instead of looking at the words Nobel used and his specific intention with the prize.

[28][30].In many ways the Nobel Foundation is similar to an investment company, in that it invests Nobel's money to create a solid funding base for the prize and the administrative activities.^Originally the directive from Alfred Nobel was to place the funds in real estate or similar safe investments, however since 1953 the foundation was allowed by the Swedish government to invest in shares, which stopped the hither to depletion of the funds.

^Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, which recognize completed scientific or literary accomplishment, the Nobel Peace Prize may be awarded to persons or organizations that are in the process of resolving a conflict or creating peace.

^In 1998, the Observer made an investigation into the investments and found that many of the world largest arms manufactureres (including Boeing, British Aerospace, GKN och Smiths Industries) were in the Nobel foundation portfolios .

.The Nobel Foundation is exempt from all taxes in Sweden (since 1946) and from investment taxes in the United States (since 1953).^Originally the directive from Alfred Nobel was to place the funds in real estate or similar safe investments, however since 1953 the foundation was allowed by the Swedish government to invest in shares, which stopped the hither to depletion of the funds.

[31].Since the 1980s, the Foundation's investments have become more profitable and as at December 31, 2007, the assets controlled by the Nobel Foundation amounted to 3.628 billion Swedish kronor (approx.^The Nobel Foundation manages the assets.

According to the statutes, the Foundation should consist of a board of five Swedish or Norweigan citizens, with its seat in Stockholm. .The Chairman of the Board should be appointed by the King in Council,[33] with the other four members appointed by the trustees of the prize-awarding institutions.^Board members of organizations who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize; 6.

^Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, which recognize completed scientific or literary accomplishment, the Nobel Peace Prize may be awarded to persons or organizations that are in the process of resolving a conflict or creating peace.

.An Executive Director is then chosen from among the board members, a Deputy Director is appointed by the King in Council, and two deputies appointed by the trustees.^Who was a terrorist member of the Irgun as a young man, and was still wanted by the British for blowing up the King David Hotel and the hanging of two British soldiers.

However since 1995, all the members of the board have been chosen by the trustees and the Executive Director and the Deputy Director appointed by the board itself.[33].As well as the board, the Nobel Foundation is made up of the prize-awarding institutions, (the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Nobel Assembly, the Swedish Academy, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee), the trustees of these institutions, and auditors.^Nobel Committee made the right choice.

[34][35] Each man was later able to receive the diploma and medal.[34].Even though Sweden was officially neutral during World War II, the Prizes were awarded irregularly during this period.^Were they still giving out nobel prizes during world war II? .

.In 1939 the Peace Prize was not awarded and between 1940 and 1942 no Nobel Prize was awarded in any category, due to the occupation of Norway by Germany from 9 April 1940.[36] In the subsequent year, all prizes were awarded except those for Literature and Peace.^We are really happy that President Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

.The remaining members escaped persecution from the Nazis due to the Nobel Foundation stating that the Nobel Committee building in Oslo was Swedish property and thus a safe haven from the German Military which was not at war with Sweden.^Valle, the Nobel Committee member.

^Originally the directive from Alfred Nobel was to place the funds in real estate or similar safe investments, however since 1953 the foundation was allowed by the Swedish government to invest in shares, which stopped the hither to depletion of the funds.

[35].In 1944 the Nobel Foundation, together with the three members in exile, made sure that nominations were submitted for the Peace Prize and that the prize could be awarded once again.^Nobel peace prize: A call to action .

Prize in Economic Sciences

.The Sveriges Riksbank (Bank of Sweden) celebrated its 300th anniversary in 1968 by donating a very large sum of money to the Nobel Foundation.^ACORN just got Bank of America to give me a no money down, interest only loan for a Nobel Peace Prize, with a low teaser rate.

.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences became responsible for selecting a laureate for this prize.^The other Nobel Prizes were to be awarded by Swedish bodies (Swedish Academy, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Karolinska Institutet) that already existed, whereas the responsibility for the Peace Prize was given to the Norwegian Parliament,[4] specifically “a committee of five persons to be elected” by it.

[39].Although not technically a Nobel Prize, it is identified with the award; its winners are announced with the Nobel Prize recipients, and the Prize in Economic Sciences is presented at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony.^Awarding the Nobel prize to Obama, is debatable.

Recent laureates

.In 2008 the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was shared among two French virologists who discovered HIV and a third German virologist who discovered that a virus causes cervical cancer.^The only two to do so of their own will were Jean-Paul Sartre, who turned down the 1964 Literature Prize, and Vietnam's then-prime minister Le Duc Tho, who refused to share the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

[42].Luc Montagnier and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, together share half the prize for their discovery in 1983, which was that the virus now known as HIV causes AIDS.^The reason why Norway distributes a part of the prize is that at the time of Alfred Nobel's death, Norway and Sweden were joined together in a personal union known as the Swedish-Norwegian Union.

[58].The Physics Prize was awarded to Charles K. Kao for his research on how to transmit light through glass fibre and to Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith for inventing a sensor that turns light into electrical signals, thus making possible inventions such as the digital camera.^Friday, October 9th at 9:52AM EDT ( link ) Which ones will criticize the Nobel Committee for turning the Nobel Peace Prize into the “Screw You George W. Bush Award?” .

^Perhaps some sort of prize should be awarded for the declaration of “good wars,” (without getting into the arguments over whether or not the Iraq War qualifies as such), but it seems oxymoronic to give a peace prize for the declaration of war.

^Elizabeth Blackburn from the University of California, San Francisco, Jack Szostak from Harvard Medical School and Carol Greider from Johns Hopkins University all share this year's Nobel prize for medicine for 2009.

[63] The Literature Prize was awarded to Herta Müller "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed".[64][65] The President of the United States, Barack Obama, was awarded the Peace Prize "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples".[66][67]

.An American flag, and one from the Executive Office of the President."^October 11, 2009 at 02:38 PM Report Abuse I only hope that this shrill and annoying daughter of one of the most disliked American Vice Presidents ever will run for office.

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The award process

.The award process is similar for each Nobel Prize, the main difference being the choice of individuals responsible for the nominations for a particular prize.^The Nobel Committee has to award the prize to someone.

Nominations

.First, nomination forms are sent out by the Nobel Committee to about 3000 qualified individuals, usually in September the year before the prize is awarded.^The Nobel Committee has to award the prize to someone.

[69].These individuals are often professors working in the same area as the prize they provide nominations for.^I was getting ready for work this a.m., when they broke the news that he was awareded the Peace Prize.

[68][69].For the Peace Prize, inquiries are sent to various nominating bodies, including: governments, members of international courts, professors and rectors, former Peace Prize laureates and current or former members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.^Nobel peace prize: A call to action .

^The Nobel committee has done an elementary misunderstanding of its task when it has chosen to interpretate “peaceprize” instead of looking at the words Nobel used and his specific intention with the prize.

[70].The names of the nominees are never publicly announced, and neither are they told that they have been considered for the Prize.^Considering his past, the prospect that he may qualify as a Peace Prize nominee is tinged with irony.

^The greater prestige comes with the Nobels for physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine as these can be objectively measured by peer experts, and literature (the letter has about as much relevance as the Peace Medal but at least it keeps the arty farties happy).

[72][73].The prize-awarding institutions meet to consider the lists and vote on who will become the laureate or laureates in each field.^What once was a fine, noble and honorable prize has become a lobbyist arena – wonder how much Obama's men paid to be awarded that prize...

Posthumous nominations

.While posthumous nominations are not permitted, individuals who died in the months between their nomination and the decision of the prize committee were originally still eligible to receive the prize.^And the Nobel Prize is not awarded to a person who has already died (that is, it is not awarded posthumously).

^Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, which recognize completed scientific or literary accomplishment, the Nobel Peace Prize may be awarded to persons or organizations that are in the process of resolving a conflict or creating peace.

.This changed in 1974 and now laureates must be alive at the time of the October announcement.^I have no doubt his foreign policy will produce great things over time, but all he has changed right now is the dialog.

.There has been one laureate, William Vickrey (1996, Economics), who died after the prize was announced but before it could be presented.^He can be included Along with Sharon however among the one's who prove the Nobel Peace Prize is no longer to be taken Seriously.

Recognition time lag

.Nobel's will provides for prizes to be awarded in recognition of discoveries made "during the preceding year" and during the early years of the awards the discoveries recognised were often recent.^The Nobel Committee has to award the prize to someone.

[76][77] However, some awards were made for discoveries that were later discredited.[78].Taking the discrediting of a recognised discovery as an embarrassment, the awards committees began to recognise scientific discoveries that had withstood the test of time.^That time the award was an integral part in reaching a human goal that all real Americans recognize today as essential to our moving forward as a country.

[79][80].Since the first years the discrepancy between award and initial discovery has happened more often.^In his first year as president, he has already done more good in the world than "W" did in 8 years.

[77] According to Ralf Pettersson, former chairman of the Nobel Prize Committee for Physiology or Medicine, "the criterion ‘the previous year’ is interpreted by the Nobel Assembly as the year when the full impact of the discovery has become evident".

.The interval between the accomplishment of the achievement being recognised and the awarding of the Nobel Prize varies from discipline to discipline.^I used to believe the Nobel Prize was awarded for accomplishments, not intentions.

.The prizes in Literature are typically awarded to recognise a cumulative lifetime body of work rather than a single achievement.^I thought they were given to recognize a body of work or outstanding achievement.

^Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, which recognize completed scientific or literary accomplishment, the Nobel Peace Prize may be awarded to persons or organizations that are in the process of resolving a conflict or creating peace.

[81][82] In this case the notion of "lag" does not directly apply. .The prizes in Peace can also be awarded for a lifetime body of work, for example 2008 winner Martti Ahtisaari won it "for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts".[83][84] However, they can also be awarded for specific events.^Only after he has won the award for Peace is he attacked.

.Awards in the scientific disciplines of physics, chemistry, and medicine require that the significance of the achievement being recognised is "tested by time."^October 9th, 2009 1239 GMT I do not think he has a body of work at this point of time that justifies being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

^As for his achievements, he has stated he's not as "deserving" (whatever that means) as other recipients, and the Nobel committee has said his award is based more on what they hope he will do than what he's already done.

.For example, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar shared the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on stellar structure and evolution from the 1930s.^I imagine the decision makers gave the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama for his intention to work for peace and have the nation do so as well.

.Some important scientific discoveries can never be considered for a Prize if the discoverers have died by the time the impact of their work is realised.^They truly respect the Nobel Prize and think it is a prestigious and meaningful award, never mind some of the yahoos to whom it’s been awarded.

Award ceremonies

.Around them are people in evening dresses looking at the men."^Obama helped people around the world to look at each other differently white or black, we value what we value each other a bit more than before than before isn't enough?

.The Nobel Prizes, with the exception of the Nobel Peace Prize, are presented in Stockholm, Sweden, at the annual Prize Award Ceremony on the 10th of December, the anniversary of Nobel's death.^Nobel peace prize: A call to action .

The award ceremonies and the associated banquets are typically major international events.[93][94].The Prizes awarded in Sweden's ceremonies' are held at the Stockholm Concert Hall, with the Nobel banquet following immediately at Stockholm City Hall.^The Nobel Committee has to award the prize to someone.

^Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, which recognize completed scientific or literary accomplishment, the Nobel Peace Prize may be awarded to persons or organizations that are in the process of resolving a conflict or creating peace.

.The highlight of the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm occurs when each Nobel Laureate steps forward to receive the prize from the hands of His Majesty the King of Sweden.^The Nobel Committee has to award the prize to someone.

.In Oslo, the Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee presents the Nobel Peace Prize in the presence of the King of Norway.^Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, which recognize completed scientific or literary accomplishment, the Nobel Peace Prize may be awarded to persons or organizations that are in the process of resolving a conflict or creating peace.

.The Nobel Laureate receives three things: a diploma, a medal, and a document confirming the prize amount.^The Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony takes place on 10 December in Oslo, Norway, where the Nobel Laureates receive their Nobel Prize, which consists of a Nobel Medal and Diploma, and a document confirming the prize amount.

.Since 1902, the King of Sweden has presented all the prizes in Stockholm.^He apparently got the prize because he 'restored multilateral international diplomacy' and publicly declared, for the first time since Reagan, that he wanted an end to all nuclear weapons.

.At first King Oscar II did not approve of awarding grand prizes to foreigners, but is said to have changed his mind once his attention had been drawn to the publicity value of the prizes for Sweden.^What once was a fine, noble and honorable prize has become a lobbyist arena – wonder how much Obama's men paid to be awarded that prize...

Around 1,300 guests attend the Swedish banquet, which features a three-course dinner (four courses during the 90th anniversary of the prize[98]), entertainment and dancing. The banquet is attended by the Swedish Royal Family and is extensively covered by local and international media.[94][95] Before 1930, the banquet was held in the ballroom of Stockholm’s Grand Hotel.[95]

.The 250 guests at the Peace Prize banquet in Norway enjoy a five-course meal.^Reports are that the Nobel Peace Prize Committee in Norway is now in conference to determine whether to raise the maximum number of wars allowed to ten.

.As well as the winner, other notable guests include the President of the Storting, the Prime Minister and (since 2006) the King and Queen of Norway.^Compound that by all of his other failed financial policies and childish family world feud, and it is amazing that this president has held up so well.

[99][100].For the first time in its history, the Nobel banquet was cancelled in Oslo in 1979 because Mother Teresa refused to attend saying the money would be better spent on the poor.^Hilary said it truthfully; if Barack Obama was seen walking on water, people would say it's because he can't swim.

.Mother Teresa used the US$7,000 that was to be spent on the banquet to hold a dinner for 2,000 homeless people on Christmas Day.^Just what did he do in only 11 days that other people have spent so many years doing earning the right to the Peace Prize?

.At the Nobel Prize Award Ceremonies in both Stockholm and Oslo the dress-code is formal, with gentlemen required to wear a dark suit and ladies required to wear dresses.^The Nobel Committee has to award the prize to someone.

^Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, which recognize completed scientific or literary accomplishment, the Nobel Peace Prize may be awarded to persons or organizations that are in the process of resolving a conflict or creating peace.

The Nobel banquet that follows in Stockholm is a strictly formal affair and gentlemen are required to wear a white tie and tailcoat, while ladies should be clad in an evening gown.[102] Wearing one's national costume is an alternative to tailcoat or evening gown. If one is invited to both gatherings, the most strictly formal attire applies.[93][96]

Nobel lectures

.According to the statutes of the Nobel Foundation, each laureate is required to hold a public lecture on a subject related to the topic for which they will be awarded the Nobel Prize.^They gave him the prize Nobel, .

.This is not mandatory, the laureate is only obliged to hold the lecture within six months of receiving the prize.^You do earn or win the Nobel Peace Prize for only a few months of your work in the White House office.

.Laureates who have held their lectures even later exist, an example is Theodore Roosevelt who won the prize in 1906 and held the lecture in 1910 after finishing his presidency.^Teddy Roosevelt won in 1906.

[107].The amount of money awarded depends on the income of the Nobel Foundation that year.^Conversely, by awarding the prize to Obama at the beginning of his presidency, the Nobel committee is assured of at least 3 1/2 years of Obama proving they were right.

[5].If a prize is awarded jointly to two or more laureates the money is split among them.^The Nobel peace prize was devalued a long time ago – this award is simply one more nail in the coffin, unfortunately not a final one.

Nobel Prize medals

.The Nobel Prize medals, minted by Myntverket[108] in Sweden and the Mint of Norway since 1902, are registered trademarks of the Nobel Foundation.^When Nobel created his prize Norway was a part of Sweden.

.Each medal feature an image of Alfred Nobel in left profile on the obverse (front side of the medal).^Nobel was the last name of Alfred Nobel,a chemist after whom the prize was named,in accordance to a will he left behind after his death.

.The Nobel Prize medals for Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature have identical obverses, showing the image of Alfred Nobel and the years of his birth and death (1833–1896).^I do not think that he deserves the Nobel prize this year.

For instance, the laureate's name is engraved on the rim of the Economics Medal.[107].The image on the reverse of a medal varies according to the institution awarding the prize.^According to the normal practice the Nobel Peace Prize is to be awarded to someone who has contributed to the cause of peace.

.The reverse sides of the Nobel Prize medals for Chemistry and Physics share the same design.^The greater prestige comes with the Nobels for physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine as these can be objectively measured by peer experts, and literature (the letter has about as much relevance as the Peace Medal but at least it keeps the arty farties happy).

.Now, they are made from 18 carat green gold plated with 24 carat gold.^They hate Norway now (or Sweden, if they, like Billy Kristol, don't know where and by whom the Nobel Peace Prize decision is made).

The weight of each medal varies with the value of gold, but averages about 175 g for each medal. The diameter is 66 mm and the thickness varies between 5.2 and 2.4 mm.[110].Due to the high value of their gold content and tendency to be on public display, Nobel medals are subject to medal theft.^I'm sorry, but giving a Nobel Peace Prize to someone who didn't do anything is like giving an Olympic Gold medal to someone who didn't actually compete in Olympic races.

When Germany invaded Denmark, chemist George de Hevesy dissolved them in aqua regia, to prevent confiscation by Nazi Germany and to prevent legal problems for the holders. After the war, the gold was recovered from solution, and the medals re-cast.[114]

^The Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony takes place on 10 December in Oslo, Norway, where the Nobel Laureates receive their Nobel Prize, which consists of a Nobel Medal and Diploma, and a document confirming the prize amount.

[107][115].The Diploma contains a picture and text which states the name of the laureate and normally a citation of why they received the prize.^So I do not understand why all of a sudden Obama should be the one to get the Nobel Peace Prize for stating the same thing that other Presidents have about Nuclear Bombs.

^Since Obama is giving away the prize money to a charity or charities, why hasn't the GOP come forward and suggested (if a republican president had won) which charity or charities they would give the prize money to?

Award money

.The laureate is also given a sum of money when they receive the Nobel Prize, in the form of a document confirming the amount awarded; in 2009 the monetary award was 10 million SEK (US$1.4 million).^The Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony takes place on 10 December in Oslo, Norway, where the Nobel Laureates receive their Nobel Prize, which consists of a Nobel Medal and Diploma, and a document confirming the prize amount.

.The purse has increased since the 1980s, when the prize money was 880 000 SEK (approximately 2.6 million SEK or US$350 000 today).^Maybe he should donate the prize money towards the stimulous since he didn't have to print the 1.6 million himself.

^Since Obama is giving away the prize money to a charity or charities, why hasn't the GOP come forward and suggested (if a republican president had won) which charity or charities they would give the prize money to?

^The White House announced this afternoon that Obama has decided to give the approximately $1.4 million that comes with the prize to charity, though no decision had been made on which charity or charities that will be.

.If there are three, the awarding committee has the option of dividing the grant equally, or awarding one-half to one recipient and one-quarter to each of the others.^Michael Steele eagererness to get out there and be one of the first to criticize the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Barck Obama is in keeping with his selection as Chair of the Republican National Committee in the first place.

[6][119][120].It is not uncommon for recipients to donate prize money to benefit scientific, cultural, or humanitarian causes.^Perhaps if the president announced that he was donating his prize money to build a monument to the First — “Oh What a Lovely” — World War?

Controversies and criticisms

.Since the first Nobel Prize was awarded in 1901, the proceedings, nominations, awards, and exclusions have generated criticism and engendered much controversy.^The Nobel Committee has to award the prize to someone.

.The Prizes in Literature and Peace have tended to generate the most criticism, while the other Prizes have generally received less.^Obama received a peace prize, not a "we all love each other now" prize.

Overlooked achievements

Mahatma Gandhi, one of the more controversial omissions from the Nobel Peace Prize

.The Norwegian Nobel Committee confirmed that Mahatma Gandhi was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947 and, finally, a few days before he was murdered in January 1948.[126] The omission has been publicly regretted by later members of the Nobel Committee.^Nobel peace prize: A call to action .

[127].In 1948, the year of Gandhi's death, the Nobel Committee declined to award a prize on the grounds that "there was no suitable living candidate" that year.^If there was ever a time when the "Nobel Peace Prize" award has NO VALUE, it is now.

[127][128].Later, when the Dalai Lama was awarded the Peace Prize in 1989, the chairman of the committee said that this was "in part a tribute to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi".[129] Over the years there have been other notable omissions to the Nobel Peace Prize.^Nobel peace prize: A call to action .

^In his will, it was declared that a Nobel Peace Prize should be awarded “to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses”,[2] and that some of Nobel’s money was to be donated to this prize.

.Marjorie Kehe has suggested that many notable writers have missed out on the award for political or extra-literary reasons.^Sometimes awards are given for political reasons, even if the recipient is worthy anyway.

[131] The heavy focus on European authors, and authors from Sweden in particular, has been a subject of criticism.[132][133].The Eurocentric nature of the award was acknowledged by Peter Englund, the 2009 Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, as a problem with the Award and was attributed to the tendency for the academy to relate more to European authors.^Michael Moore is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker and author.

.The strict rule against a prize being awarded to more than three people at once is also a cause for controversy.^Maybe the white elitists of Manhattan realize that they share far more in common with Wall Street, than they do with the common people (minorities) they supposedly love so much.

[136].When a prize is awarded to recognise an achievement by a team of more than three collaborators, inevitably one or more will miss out.^Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, which recognize completed scientific or literary accomplishment, the Nobel Peace Prize may be awarded to persons or organizations that are in the process of resolving a conflict or creating peace.

[10][137].Similarly, the prohibition of posthumous awards fails to recognise achievements by an individual or collaborator who happens to die before the prize is awarded.^And the Nobel Prize is not awarded to a person who has already died (that is, it is not awarded posthumously).

^Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, which recognize completed scientific or literary accomplishment, the Nobel Peace Prize may be awarded to persons or organizations that are in the process of resolving a conflict or creating peace.

.Rosalind Franklin, who was a key contributor in the discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953, died of ovarian cancer in 1958, four years before the achievement was recognised by awarding Francis Crick, James D. Watson, and Maurice Wilkins the Prize for Medicine or Physiology in 1962.[12] In some cases, awards have arguably omitted similar discoveries made earlier.^In his will, it was declared that a Nobel Peace Prize should be awarded “to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses”,[2] and that some of Nobel’s money was to be donated to this prize.

.For example, the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "the discovery and development of conductive organic polymers" in 1977 ignored the much earlier discovery of similar highly conductive charge transfer complex polymers by Donald Weiss.^But I think the appropriate response is when anybody wins a Nobel Prize that is a very noteworthy development and designation and I think the appropriate response is to say 'Congratulations."

[140].An early theory was that Alfred Nobel was jealous of the mathematician Gösta Mittag-Leffler and did not want to institute a prize that Mittag-Leffler might receive.^The Nobel prize committee members wanted an early weekend.

[141][142].This has been refuted by Lars Garding and Lars Hörmander because of timing inaccuracies; they suggest that the reason for the lack of Nobel Prize in mathematics is that Nobel did not consider mathematics as a "practical" enough discipline.^They gave him the prize Nobel, .

Emphasis on discoveries over inventions and theories

.Alfred Nobel left his fortune to finance annual prizes to be awarded "to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind". One part, he stated, should be given "to the person who shall have made the most important 'discovery' or 'invention' within the field of physics". Nobel did not emphasise discoveries, but they have historically been held in higher respect by the Nobel Prize committee than inventions: 77% of Nobel prizes in physics have been given to discoveries, compared with only 23% to inventions.^The prizes are only awarded every four years.

.Christoph Bartneck and Matthias Rauterberg, in papers published in Nature and Technoetic Arts, have argued this emphasis on discoveries has moved the Nobel prize away from its original intention of rewarding the greatest contribution to society in the preceding year.^I do not think that he deserves the Nobel prize this year.

.An example where discovery has been preferred over theory is in the case of Albert Einstein's Nobel Prize.^Einstein was given the Nobel Peace Prize for helping form Israel and all his peace efforts including refusing to be the Prime Minister of Israel as he wasn't a glory seeker.

.In 1922 Einstein was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics,[148][149] but not for his Special Theory of Relativity which he had postulated 16 years earlier.^Earlier in the day, Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.

.His award was actually given "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect".[148][150][151][152] The Theory of Relativity, itself, has never been recognised with a Nobel Prize.^Nobel's intent was to award this prize for significant and actual accomplishments.

.Historian Robert Friedman proposes that this may be due to the Nobel Committee's discrimination against theoretical science and scientists.^This is due to the fact that a number of Nobel Peace Award recipients, such as American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), have had difficulties of their own on American soil.

[155][156].Linus Pauling won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances.^Is this for real that he won the Nobel Peace Prize????

[157].John Bardeen received the Physics Prize twice: the first time for the invention of the transistor in 1956[158] and the second time in 1972 for the theory of superconductivity.^Perhaps if he was given more time to achieve an end ......instead of receiving the prize for a vision.

.As a group, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has received the Nobel Peace Prize three times: in 1917, 1944, and 1963. The first two prizes were specifically in recognition of the group's work during the world wars, and the third was awarded during the year of its 100-Year Anniversary.^Nobel peace prize: A call to action .

.The family which has received the most prizes is the Curie family, with five Nobel Prizes.^If the Nobel Prize goes to those who show proven results from their efforts, then no, he most assuredly does not deserve it.

^The only two to do so of their own will were Jean-Paul Sartre, who turned down the 1964 Literature Prize, and Vietnam's then-prime minister Le Duc Tho, who refused to share the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

Jean Paul Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1964 but refused stating, "A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution, even if it takes place in the most honourable form."[179][180] The second person who has refused to accept the prize is Lê Đức Thọ, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 for his role in the Paris Peace Accords. .He declined, claiming there was no actual peace in Vietnam.^After reading the article; I noticed there was no mention to America, it was all about bringing peace to the WORLD! .

^Obama's Nobel peace prize: 'I will accept this award as a call to action,' president says 9 Oct 2009: The US president says he is 'surprised and deeply humbled' after being awarded the Nobel peace prize .

[179].In 1958, Boris Pasternak declined his prize in literature due to fear of what the Soviet Union government would do if he travelled to Stockholm to accept his prize.^If Obama had sense, he would decline the prize.

[181][182].In return the Swedish Academy, who had awarded Pasternak the prize, refused his refusal, saying "this refusal, of course, in no way alters the validity of the award".[179] The Academy announced with regret that the presentation of the Literature Prize could not take place that year, holding it until 1989 when Pasternak's son accepted the prize on behalf of his father.^So NO he shouldn't have been awarded this prize but then who am I to say that, it is awarded by vested nterests to vested intrests.

On November 10, 1922, a telegram was delivered to the Einstein residence in Berlin. It read, ‘Nobelpreis für Physik ihnen zuerkannt näheres brieflich [signed] Aurivillius.’*On that same day, a telegram with the identical text must have been received by Bohr in Copenhagen. Also on that day, Professor Christopher Aurivillius, secretary of the Swedish Academy of Sciences, wrote to Einstein: 'As I have already informed you by telegram, in its meeting held yesterday the Royal Academy of Sciences decided to award you last year’s [1921] Nobel prize for physics, in consideration of your work on theoretical physics and in particular for your discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect, but without taking into account the value which will be accorded your relativity and gravitation theories after these are confirmed in the future.’

^Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, which recognize completed scientific or literary accomplishment, the Nobel Peace Prize may be awarded to persons or organizations that are in the process of resolving a conflict or creating peace.

Nils Ringertz. ed. .The Nobel Prize: The First 100 Years (First ed.^As a european I would prefer to see the US more involved in the process of Peace around the world than the invasions and wars from the past few years , I see this Nobel Peace Prize as a first step in the peace process ...

Pais, Abraham (1 November 1983).^January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 February 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 May 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 .

Sohlman, Ragnar. .The Legacy of Alfred Nobel – The Story Behind the Nobel Prizes (Originally published in Swedish as ‘Ett Testamente’ in 1950 ed.^I have the highest respect and admiration for President Obama, however his accomplishments to date appear to fall short of the original intent of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Every year, prizes called Nobel Prizes are given to people who have done very well in different areas. These areas include Literature, Science and Peace. The Nobel Prize was named after Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite. For many people, winning a Nobel Prize is a very special thing in their lives.

The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, sometimes called the Nobel Prize in Economics, was not a part of Nobel's will. It was started in 1969 by Sveriges Riksbank, the Bank of Sweden. Since this prize was not in Nobel's will, and is not paid for by his money, it is not a Nobel Prize. However, it is awarded together with the other Nobel prizes.

Specially distinguished laureates

Multiple laureates

Since the establishment of the Nobel Prize, four people have received two Nobel Prizes:[1]

Linus Pauling: in Chemistry 1954, for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances; and Peace 1962, for nuclear test-ban treaty activism; he is the only person to have won two unshared Nobel Prizes.[2]

John Bardeen: in Physics 1956, for the invention of the transistor; and Physics 1972, for the theory of superconductivity.

As a group, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has received the Nobel Peace Prize three times: in 1917, 1944, and 1963. The first two prizes were specifically in recognition of the group's work during the world wars, and the third was awarded at the year of its 100-Year Anniversary.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has won the Peace Prize twice: in 1954 and 1981.

In addition, Henry Labouisse, the husband of the Curies' second daughter Ève, was the director of UNICEF when it won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965.

Gunnar Myrdal (Economics, 1974) and wife Alva Myrdal (Peace, 1982)

J. J. Thomson, awarded the Nobel prize for Physics in 1906, was the father of George Paget Thomson who was awarded the Nobel prize for Physics in 1937.

William Henry Bragg shared the Nobel prize in Physics in 1915 with his son, William Lawrence Bragg.

Niels Bohr won the Nobel prize in Physics in 1922, and his son Aage Bohr won the Nobel prize in Physics in 1975.

Manne Siegbahn, who won the Nobel prize in Physics in 1924, was the father of Kai Siegbahn who shared the Nobel prize in Physics in 1981.

Hans von Euler-Chelpin shared the Nobel prize in Chemistry in 1929 with Arthur Harden. His son, Ulf von Euler, was awarded the Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1970.

C.V. Raman who won the Nobel prize in Physics in 1930, was the uncle of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar who won the Nobel prize in Physics in 1983.

Arthur Kornberg shared with Severo Ochoa the 1959 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid.[3] Kornberg's son Roger won the 2006 Nobel prize in Chemistry for his studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription.[4]

Jan Tinbergen, who won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1969, was the brother of Nikolaas Tinbergen who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Konrad Lorenz and Karl von Frisch.